An association dedicated to the preservation of traditional archery.
The Southern Traditional Archery Assn. Inc.
was incorporated in 2002 to preserve
traditional archery.
The association is controlled by a board of directors and the members.
The S.T.A. Assn supports the legislative efforts and is an affiliate of the Mississippi Bowhunters Assn.
The S.T.A. Assn hosts benefit shoots for organizations such as Catch-A-Dream and will host shoots for any worthy benefit organization..
To contact the association or need information on shoots or have an announcement to have added to the site contact... bigfoot1408@yahoo.com
To get to the Cossar shoot go to the hiway 32 /oakland exit on I-55, it is near enid also..It's about 15 miles south of Batesville. go east on hiway 32 until you see the sign for George Payne Cossar state park.. and follow the signs. don't give up. it's about 3 miles from 32 to the park.. ..
to get to the Winterville Mounds shoot... get on Hiway 1 {one} and go about 3 miles north of greenville, the park is easy to spot.
to get to the enid shoots go to exit 233 ,,,, 14 miles south of Batesville take the road across the dam and look for the banner on the left side of the road. {don't cross the bridge across the freeway}
To get to Learned.
From Jackson; Take I-20 west to Hyw 18 south. (Raymond Road), go through Raymond, take right on Oakley-Palestine Road (sign;Brown Loam Experiment Station) Turn left on Learned/Oakley Road at Oakley Training School... Cross three bridges and look for Learned Road. Turn rightt on Learned road and look for the 3-D sign,,
From vicksburg;
on Hiway 61 go across I-20 and it becomes hwy 27, follow 27 past the Big Black Bridge and turn left on Canada Crossroads, stay on this road until it dead ends,, the name will change, keep on keeping on to Old Port Gibson Rd. turn left, go under the Natchez Trace and turn right on Learned Road.. just as you enter the village look for the signs to the shoot.
. those of you coming from oakley traing school ,, cross three bridges and look for the sign at the pasture gate.. for those of you coming from
the west into learned go to the dead end and turn left and look for the signs at the pasture gate... If it rains the registration will be at jack's mama's house,,, just follow the signs we will be sure to put out enough.
I will post the shooting schedules as soon as i have them,, if you want your schedule posted here , send it to me at the bigfoot1408@yahoo.com address.
IN MEMORIAM.
CECIL AHL
GERALDINE WILLIAMS
PAW PAW BO
DAVID MIMS
PASCUAL WARE
There are pictures in the notes page, i will post more when the webpage will cooperate,,,
Kevin Brown has been elected to the board of directors of The Southern Traditional Archery Assn.. congrats kevin,, welcome aboard
I have access to the rub line pictured to the left, i want all sta folks to have a chance to admire it before it is auctioned at the Catch-A-Dream benefit shoot in june of 13, i need suggestions on ways to get to the most people, i plan to take it to the zoo city shoot and if i am able to the prespring fling in alabamy, it is one of a kind and no more of them will be made, it is genuine,real,true mammoth tusk, pastor paul is a truly gifted artist,
at some point i will have to give custody of the piece to chad to show it off to his list of prospects, that will break my heart, but the more we earn from it the more kids get their dreams realized,
A picture of the artist will come with the piece, pastor paul aint ugly, and seems to be a wonderful person,
RUB LINE
The voting is done..
Chad Weaver is elected the president of Southern Traditional Archery,
all of us wish him well and we heartily thank Rusty Wright for his term as president, you done good sir...
A few weeks ago the wildman from alaska posted a picture of a scrimshaw he did, , it was beautiful. clydebow sent me an email and suggested i ask the wildman if he would do one for us to auction for the kids.. so ,, i did,,, and he did,, the picture is above, it is about 7 inches tall and about 5 inches wide on a base, it is done on , mammoth tusk.
these critters vanished about 10 thousand years ago.
the wildman, also known as pastor paul, is truely a gifted artist, this piece will make you blink several times... it is gorgeous,
i asked if he had a reserve price and he told m that if he sent it to a gallery they would want $2,500 to $3,000.00 for it...
we will auction it and present it at the Catch-A-Dream benefit shoot in june,
viewings can be arranged for bidders, i will bring it to all of our shoots, i will post the schedule as soon as i can, if requested i can bring it to other shoots such as zoo city, possibly the little thing they have in alabama, springy arrow fling
i will try to make it available for viewing to all bidders. this thing is worth the trip just to see it.. even if you can't bid more than my $2.37
A better picture in notes
A better picture in notes.